diff --git a/interface/src/ui/ScriptEditorWidget.cpp b/interface/src/ui/ScriptEditorWidget.cpp
index 1765a5ea1a..3f9b0137ef 100644
--- a/interface/src/ui/ScriptEditorWidget.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/ui/ScriptEditorWidget.cpp
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ ScriptEditorWidget::ScriptEditorWidget() :
     setTitleBarWidget(new QWidget());
     QFontMetrics fm(_scriptEditorWidgetUI->scriptEdit->font());
     _scriptEditorWidgetUI->scriptEdit->setTabStopWidth(fm.width('0') * 4);
-    ScriptHighlighting* highlighting = new ScriptHighlighting(_scriptEditorWidgetUI->scriptEdit->document());
+    // We create a new ScriptHighligting QObject and provide it with a parent so this is NOT a memory leak.
+    new ScriptHighlighting(_scriptEditorWidgetUI->scriptEdit->document());
     QTimer::singleShot(0, _scriptEditorWidgetUI->scriptEdit, SLOT(setFocus()));
 }